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title: "CVE-2008-3639\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-3639

Publication date 14 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the read\_rle16 function in imagetops in CUPS
before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SGI
image with malformed Run Length Encoded (RLE) data containing a small image
and a large row count.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cups | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| cupsys | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.3.2-1ubuntu7.8 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.2.8-0ubuntu8.6 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.2.2-0ubuntu0.6.06.11 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3639)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3639)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-3639)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3639)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-656-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-656-1)
+ CUPS vulnerabilities
+ 15 October 2008

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3639>